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From a purely football perspective, you could argue the Dolphins rank as high as No. 2.

The Giants are clearly the top job here. It’s New York. They have top-notch ownership from the Mara family. Eli Manning has won two Super Bowl titles. Odell Beckham Jr. is electric.

After that it’s cloudy.

If you start with the quarterback, and that’s where it begins in the NFL, then you’d probably put Tennessee No. 2 and the Dolphins No. 3.

The Eagles thought Sam Bradford was the answer at quarterback. He’s not.

Colin Kaepernick was a disaster this season in San Francisco although he could find new life with a new coach.

Cleveland is obviously a hot mess.

Like most of these teams, the Dolphins need a lot of new pieces.

But Miami is arguably as talented as any of these teams except the Giants. And that’s debatable.

The Titans have the a young up-and-coming quarterback in Marcus Mariota. As a rookie, his 91.5 passer rating was 17th in the league — and that was playing on a talent-devoid 3-13 Titans team.

Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill’s 88.7 passer rating was 21st in the league, and he just wrapped up his fourth season.

Bradford’s 86.4 rating was 26th.

Taking the Giants out of the equation, if you’re a coach who wants to develop a quarterback then the Titans are probably your top choice.

But the Dolphins are intriguing. There continues to be a great divide in the NFL on Tannehill. Some believe he’s an average quarterback. Others believe he still has a lot of promise with the right coach who can develop him.

The knock on the Dolphins is the front office.

Owner Stephen Ross hasn’t made the playoffs since taking over as majority owner in 2009. There’s been a lot of front office upheaval and power structure questions.

Head exec Mike Tannenbaum had an up-and-down stint in New York and has to prove that he can run the Dolphins front office.

The Titans have their own front office questions.

The Eagles have a respected owner in Jeffrey Lurie.

San Francisco is still headed by the Yorks but there are questions about that team’s management after they ran Jim Harbaugh out of town and then made the curious decision to promote Jim Tomsula — only to fire him a season later.

Now there’s not a huge gap between 2-5. You can make arguments for or against taking the Philadelphia, Miami, Tennessee and San Francisco jobs.

There are many questions about Miami’s roster. But if you believe you can turn Tannehill around, you have a talented young group of receivers and defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh to build around.

It’s not a bad start, at least in relation to the other openings.

The Eagles get the No. 2 spot because of the Lurie factor. There are also pieces to like on that roster.

The million dollar question in Miami is how candidates view the front office. If I’m Ross, I’m playing up the fact that I put up with Joe Philbin for more than three seasons — and gave him an extension despite not making the playoffs in his first three years.

This may not be an ideal slogan for the Dolphins, but I’d put it this way: There are worse places to be than Miami.